The Serpentine Road

Mendelson, Paul, author2015 - 2016

Summary

South Africa, 1994: Even after the release of Nelson Mandela and the promise of free elections, extremist groups terrorise the country. Captain Vaughn de Vries finds himself in pursuit of the suspects of a fatal bombing in his precinct, under the command of one of the most feared white police officers of the time: Major Kobus Nel. Out of radio communication and without clear evidence, the South African Police Service barges into a township and sets off a chain of events that will resonate for nearly a quarter of a century... Cape Town, 2015: Six men are murdered, each with a connection to a point in the past that de Vries would sooner forget. Old wounds, hidden in history, are exposed, and a mysterious killer approaches, whom no one seems to be able to stop...